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Yaroslava Apollonova

@odnatamyara.bsky.social

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Kidlit illustrator and character designer, nature lover | ADHD odnatamyara.com Represented by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

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Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · Sep 4

Dear editors and art directors, this is my first #kidlitartpostcard done fully on paper! 🎨

I’m Yara, an illustrator who’s super excited to work on new books with traditional mediums!

Updated portfolio: odnatamyara.com
I’m proudly represented by Jem Chambers-Black at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Three kids riding on a back of a giant anteater. One is taking a photo of the anteater’s face, middle kid is happily raising hands in the air, third kid is afraid to fall from anteater’s tail. The anteater is very unhappy and cranky

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Christine Almeda ✏️ @eychristine.bsky.social · 2h

Hello #PortfolioDay 🌟 I’m Christine, a kidlit illustrator open for new picture book, chapter book, and cover projects! I love working on cozy and bright stories, let’s work together!

🌟 www.christinealmeda.com
🌟 www.instagram.com/eychristine

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Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · 1h

It’s #PortfolioDay ! I’m Yara and I’m a neurodivergent mixed media illustrator, looking for new PB projects and cover work. I love textures, soft colors, drawing fun characters and weird animals. 🦥

www.odnatamyara.com
I’m represented by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

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Denis Angelov @denisillustrates.bsky.social · 4h

Hi #portfolioday 👋

My name is Denis, and I'm a children's book illustrator who likes stories full of heart, bold lineart, limited palettes, and painterly textures. #kidlitart

🌐 www.denisillustrates.com
📚 Represented by Emily Talbot, United Agents (UK) and Susan Hawk, Upstart Crow Literary (US)

Illustration of a child kneeling on top of his desk wearing pajamas and showing a teddy bear the Ursa Major constellation through the window

llustration of a giant squid, a duckling and a kid in a bathtub. The squid is looking curious trying to get the attention of the kid with its tentacles. The child is looking right at us in fear. The duckling is standing between the two, wings spread out, trying to defend the kid

Illustration of a two anthromorphic zebras in a sculpture studio. One of them has no stripes and is sculpting a bust of the other zebra who is sitting in a stool with her eyes closed

Illustration of a little girl and her dad in the kitchen. The dad is stirring a meal in a pot on the stove. There are aroma lines coming out of the pot and the girl has closed her eyes and is taking in the smell. There is a black cat peeking above the counter top and looking at the pot.

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 4h

Hello #PortfolioDay! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids.

🌟Open for 2026 book projects! 🌟

Portfolio - charlenechua.com
Email - charlene [@] charlenechua[.]com
Agent - Tracy Marchini, Tracy Marchini Literary

#kidlitart #illustration #PB #GN #kidlit

Cover for When You Go to Dragon School by Chelsea M Campbell, illustrated by Charlene Chua. A group of school kids of various ages and ethnicities look at a group of friendly dragons of different shapes and sizes.

Cover for Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home, by AR Capetta, illustrated by Charlene Chua. Two cute puppies with paws on a cauldron in front of a purple, witchy looking house.

Cover for Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild, illustrated by Charlene Chua. Girl with read hair and a cowboy hat, holding a heart shape valentine, looking at another girl with a purple jacket and hat.

Cover for Things the Go Bump in the Day by Melinda Beatty illustrated by Charlene Chua. Cute blue vampire boy sitting up in his coffin bed, looking worried.

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Lenny Wen @lennywendraws.bsky.social · 4h

Happy #PortfolioDay I'm a children's book illustrator-author based in Austria. I love to draw and write a lot of things from nature to supranatural, spooky to sweet, peculiar to mundane.
You can check out my work at: www.lennywen.com

✉️ [email protected]

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Mirto Mastroieni - Looking for work @mirtocomune.bsky.social · 5h

Hello #portfolioday

I'm Mirto, a queer Italian freelance illustrator who loves to play with colors and textures! Nice to meet you! ^ ^
I'm currently open to #kidlit book projects!

🌟Represented by:
@gabycabezut.bsky.social

🌈 mirtomastroieni.portfolio.site
✉️ [email protected]

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Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 7h

Hello 👋 #portfolioday … I’m a #kidlit #kidlitart author and illustrator rep’d by @jenrofe.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

🌟 work: www.twofishillustration.com
📚 books: www.twofishillustration.com/books

A boy is on a balloon ride over the city

A boy is building a tower out of blocks. A bird landed on the top. A cat is looking mischievously at the whole thing

A spot from Whirby, a book from HarperCollins out in Feb ‘26

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Kris Easler @kriseasler.bsky.social · 3h

Hi #portfolioday! I’m Kris Easler, a #kidlitillustrator based in Minnesota who is looking for work in picture through middle grade books.

Check out more of my work at www.kriseasler.com
Repd by @jenrofe.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Color illustration of a girl and an old woman in a hollowed out tree surrounded by birds, watching a glowing egg hatching

Black and white illustration of a kid dressed up as a ghost for trick-or-treating, excitedly conversing with an actual ghost of a girl floating along next to them

Color illustration of two werewolf pups “begging” for treats, while a hand holds out a dog treat

A color illustration of a boy with blank pages around him on the floor, looking lost and frustrated, while a nebulous blue and purple “brain fog” floats above him.

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Schrill_art @schrill-art.bsky.social · 3h

It’s #portfolioday again! I’m Sybille and I‘m looking for some fun new projects and ideas!

I‘m represented by the amazing @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social at @bookendsliterary.bsky.social

Portfolio: www.schrill-art.com/work
E-mail: [email protected]

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Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · 14d

Omg this is so ridiculous cos lately the conversion is SO BAD usd to eur, I’m loosing a lot from my payments on this. How does that even makes sense

Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · 17d

Yup!!

Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · 17d

Hope you had so much fun!! Table looks GORG

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Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · 17d

BOOK COVER ARTISTS

QRT with your book covers!
#kidlitart

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Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · 17d

It’s almost the end of sea otters awareness week! We should protect those cuties at all costs 🫡🦦

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Naomi Romero/ Nao @naomiromeroart.bsky.social · 19d

Nezuko is home <3 We are still waiting for results from the vet regarding this mysterious illness and should hear back in a few days.

The costs ended up being 8k so if you still want a sticker, check out the OG post! Also... SHOP SALE!

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Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · 19d

The textures!!!!!

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Anna Daviscourt 🔜 Lightbox Expo 607 @annadaviscourt.bsky.social · 19d

In awhile-

#KidLitArt #GouacheArt #Crocodile

A painting of a green crocodile surrounded by a decorative green border on a cream background, made with acrylic gouache and colored pencils. Watermark: AnnaDaviscourt.com

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Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · 20d

Which model of epson?

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Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · 20d

IM THE SAME 😭😭😭

Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · 20d

I know i sound like somebody who is trying to sell something lmao BUT I have a code ARRTX0917 I think it works until today??? I believe it gives 10% off on amazon or their store?? I’m so bad at this hahaha sorryyy no pressure, just wanna share it in case you are going for it fully

Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · 20d

It’s Arrtx acrylic markers!!!! I loooove em! They sent me a set for review and I genuinely recommend it cos its so easy to use

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Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · 20d

I’ll check it out, thanks!!

Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · 20d

Hey #kidlitart folks, do any of you have scanner recommendations? I recently started adding more traditional illustrations and want to do more professional art with that, so I need a good scanner cos taking photos not always works well 😩

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Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · 20d

Obsessed with acrylic markers!!! With my ADHD it feels so nice to just “paint” without preparing all the paints, mixing colors, getting water and pallets etc lol

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Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you!!!!